Belt



N. YERKES.

BELT.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 10, 1921.

Patented Nov. 28, 1922 1K]; Yer/23 .5.

I a w 1 m mu years Nov. 28,1922.

' of suchlbelts commonly fPATENTQ-OFFIL,1;

e NATHANIEL 'rivnn rns,onenooKLY ,nnwfyon e 1 f '2 a pii'eanon filedMarclrlO, 1921. Serial no. 451,112". I

Be it known vthat I, NATHANIEL I. YnRKEs, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of. NewYork have invented certainnewl and useful Improvements in a Belt, off fwhich thefollowing is a specificainvention relates to improvements in bodybelts, and more particularly ,to a type known as abdominal supporters. i The principal object of ,the' invention is to] provide abeltof the class mentioned, and

one' embodying extremely simplified features of adjustment, inherent with the pee cu'l'iar construction of the same'as'disti'nguished from! usual forms of, adjustment devices, such as buttonsflacings a'ndother similar suppositories, so tiresome and ,an1 noying to manipulatefor the purpose; i a

With the foregoing and other obJects in I view, the y invention,resides in the certain novel and useful construction as Will be hereinafter more fully described, set forth in the appended claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a front View of'the body of a person showing the belt used as an abdominal supporter. e

Fig. 2 is a rear view from that of Fig; 1,.

Fig. 3 is a plan View of the body portion of the belt, and, j I

Fig. 4 is a-fragmentary section taken on the line 4*4: of Fig. 2. a

Referring to the drawing, wherein s1milar characters of reference designate corresponding parts in the several views'thereof, the main or intermediate portion 10 of the belt is preferably formed of a'single sheet of fine grade of soft web fabric, or other suitable woven material, having its top edge formed or cut on a straight line and its lower edge reversely curved outwardly from the vertical center thereof. At one end of the main portion 10 is secured a sheet of material 11, preferably of a heavy fabric, such as canvass orthe like,

having its free end of a reducedwidth on lines curving inwardly from the opposite edges of the sheet in a manner to provide a medially extending endportion' 12 to the end of which is. attached a belt tape strip 13. Connecting the opposite end of the'main' portion 10 is a substantially rectangular sheet 1 1, of the same material asthe portion 11, 'to which, in turn, is securedat its f upperand lower edges only, asecond sheet of the canvas material. 15, theco'nnecti'on portions of the 1 sheets let and 15 overlapping one. another fora; distance approxr mating one-half the width of "the portion 14.: The' free end 'of the portion or sheet 15 is reduced, as at 1 6,to correspond the reduced end portion-12 of the end strip 11, andto this reduced end 16 is secured a belt'tape strip 17. Y

- The upper and lower edges of the-belt prop er are suitably reinforced by strips of tape or the like 18 and 19, -respectively,the length of-the tape being folded over the edges and secured thereto by lines of: stitching. The

belt-is also provided with 'aseriesof transversely extending spacedstrips of tapeor the like vwhich have their opposite ends engaged under the edge o'ffthe-tapestrips 18 and 19 on one side of the belt, and these strips 20 1 are secured i in position by means 0:61 center line ofstitching"21andlines of stitching 22at their opposite side edges, whereby to form transversely extending pockets to each side of the center line of stitching 21 for the reception of reinforcing elements 23- of bone or the like. The free overlapped edges ofthe sheets 1 1 and15 are similarly reinforced, and, as before stated, these sheets are unconnected transat their adjacent overlapping side edges.

In the use as an abdominal supporter, the

son with the straight edge of the same uppermost and disposed approximately on the waist line of the person wearing the same, and wlth relnforced strips '20 out .Ward from thebody the center reinforcing of the belt end 13 outward of the slit be tween the sheet sections 11- and 15 at the rear of the body of the person, the sheetsec tions 15- and 16 of the canvas or heavy versely of the belt to provide a lateral passage or a slit a, but are connected together beltiis encircled around the body of the perv The tap ed belt end 13 is inserted fabric are disposed in overlapping rela- 'tions 12 and 16 in opposite directions until the desired tightness is felt by the person, or. byallowing the portions vl2 and 16. to slip one with respect to the other in the ,reversedirection whereby toloosen the belt teeny desired degree,;and by withdrawing the belt end l3 entirely'free from the slit between the sections la and .15, the same is readilyremoved from the body. iv v v V Erom theforegoing, itiwill bereadily apparent thatthe invention provides. .for an ezgtremely simple belt supporter construction forease and comfort in the wearingvof the same; for ready adjustment of the same to any desired degree of tightness or looseness without necessitating the removal of the belt Q1,Wltl10llt tiresome and annoying effort on the part, of rthe wearer and for the washing of the belt, wh en soiled, without chance ofinjury thereto by reason of, the use of a nonshrinkable or preshrunk material or fabric, or bydiscoloration from metal pertain the belt proper. c.

Having thus fully described the invention, what is claimed, is A J LIA belt for the purpose set forth comprising abody portion of a soft web fabric,

to the upperandlower edges of said sheet to provide a passage extending lengthwise ii the direction of the length of said end portion, and an end portion of heavy materialsecured to the other end of said body portion and adapted to extend through said passage whereby the outer face of'said second end'portion will be overlapped 'byithe inner part of the first mentioned end portion. q i

2. A belt for the purpose set forth comprising-abodyportion-,- a rectangular sheet ofmaterial attached to and projecting from one end of saidbody portion an end por-' tion eXten'dednpon one-face of said sheet and having, the upper-and'loweredges there'- ofsolely-secured to the upper and lower edges of said sheet to form a passage-extending lengthwise with respect ton-thelength of said end-portionyand an end portion secured to the other end ofv said bodyportion and adapted to extend through said passage whereby the opposed spaces ofsaid sheet and-first mentioned 'end portion will oppose the faces of .tl ie second mentioned end-porti 124M v I v t; .711

In testimony whereof, I affix my signa ture hereto. 31

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